[meteorite-list] How Many Lunar Meteorites?

From: Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr <Zelimir.Gabelica_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:15:08 +0200
Message-ID: <20100823221508.mie4osld1o3kwsco_at_www.mail.uha.fr>

Thank you once more so much Randy for that unvaluable list.

I went through your complete list (first link) rapidly so as to update
my collection and noticed that NWA 3186 is missing in the headings
(though it is mentioned in the NWA 2977 pairings...)

Do you agree and, if so, would this change the total figure ?

Best wishes,

Zelimir



Randy Korotev <korotev at wustl.edu> a ??crit??:

> Dear Eric:
>
> My alphanumeric list contains 140 named stones,
>
> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm
>
> with the caveat that some do not actually have official names yet
> (e.g., "Unnamed 12"). They're on the list because I've analyzed
> them and know them to be lunar. That's the main reason that my
> number, 140, is larger than the MetBull number, 130. It's my hope
> that all the unnamed get official names someday.
>
> "Does this mean there are 130 Lunar meteorites that have been
> recovered and classified, Ever?" Stones, yes; meteorites, no.
>
> My composition-ordered list has only 68 meteorites because of known
> or strongly-suspected pairings.
>
> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alumina.htm
>
> Norbert Classen keeps close tabs on this and has 67 on his list (he
> and I both know about one that is on my list but may not be on his
> list yet):
>
> http://www.meteoris.de/luna/list.html
>
> So, ~68 is the total number of known lunar meteorites. That
> information is not easily available from the MetBull database. It
> sometimes takes years to establish that different named stones are
> or are not paired.
>
> A confusion for your calculations is that practically every
> individual lunar and martian meteorite stone gets it's own name and
> line-item in the MetBull database whereas all Allende stones have
> one name.
>
> Randy
>
>
>
>
> At 12:40 PM 8/23/2010 Monday, you wrote:
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I know this has been talked about on-list but... I keep getting
>> this question, or people that say they have found a "Lunar"
>> meteorite. I'm wondering how many there actually are. I've heard
>> numbers thrown about haphazardly, but no one has been able to give
>> me a clear and concise answer.
>>
>> The Met-Bull has "...130 records found for meteorites with
>> historical types that contain "Lunar"...'
>>
>> Does this mean there are 130 Lunar meteorites that have been
>> recovered and classified, Ever? Or is my search flawed? (as a side
>> note, it also says there are "...92 records found for meteorites
>> with historical types that contain "Martian"...")
>>
>> Dr. Randy Korotev's "List of Lunar Meteorites" on the Washinton
>> University website has the number at 140.
>> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm
>>
>> Just for giggles I wanted to know how many total classified
>> meteorites there actually were on the planet.
>>
>> "...39146 valid meteorite names; 11959 provisional names; 4589
>> full-text writeups..."
>>
>> That's a whopping 51,105 classifications. Wow!
>>
>> Doing some simple math, 130 Lunar meteorites out of 51,105 total
>> classifications means that "Lunars" only makeup about 0.254% of the
>> total number of meteorite ever classified. (0.180% for Martian
>> meteorites).
>>
>> Are these number correct?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric
>>
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